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	<title>The Future of Aging Blog</title>
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	<description>Issues, Insights and Inspirations about Aging</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Days With My Father</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/days-with-my-father/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Mashburn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A picture is worth a thousand words&#8221; can be a trite saying, but it&#8217;s the truth when it comes to Phillip Toledano&#8217;s  &#8220;Days With My Father&#8221; photo essay.
Toledano&#8217;s a renowned photographer with photos regularly featured on billboards in the pages of The New York Times. It&#8217;s no surprise that he&#8217;d pull out his camera when it came to sharing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clear as Mud</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/clear-as-mud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maggie Flowers</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[quality first]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Frankly, if you have a really bad board, I say don’t meet at all. Send them a bagel and cream cheese and pretend that you had a meeting,” quips leading nonprofit scholar, Paul C. Light in a recent interview with Nonprofit Quarterly.
Board governance is a topic that is much discussed in nonprofit circles and comes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. House to Markup Health Technology Bill</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/us-house-to-markup-health-technology-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Collins-Young</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[H.R. 6357]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce is expected to mark up H.R. 6357, the Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment and Easing Communication through Healthcare Technology Act of 2008.
The measure, also known as the PRO(TECH) Act, was introduced by Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich), who said he introduced the measure in an effort to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Party Platform Committee Members: Don&#8217;t Forget Long-Term Care</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/tell-party-platform-committee-members-dont-forget-long-term-care/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/tell-party-platform-committee-members-dont-forget-long-term-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Mashburn</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[long-term care]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[making a difference]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Republican party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another way to ensure that long-term care financing reform is included in the platforms of the Democratic and Republican parties is to contact the members of the parties&#8217; respective platform committees.
The members of both committees are listed below. If you are connected to these individuals, please consider sharing your version of the AAHSA platform statements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor of Love</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/labor-of-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Mashburn</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[caregiving]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[long-term care]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[newsweek]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I hadn&#8217;t been pregnant in 20 years, but this was planned just as my previous pregnancies had been. &#8220;
No, this recent Newsweek story isn&#8217;t about raising children. It&#8217;s about another life-changing event: caring for aging parents.
In the article, Anne Kennedy Rickover compares her experiences moving her parents more than 1,000 miles away from her childhood home in Philadelphia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Climate Change Particularly Harmful for Older Adults</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/global-climate-change-particularly-harmful-for-older-adults/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/global-climate-change-particularly-harmful-for-older-adults/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maggie Flowers</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[environmental stewardship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[quality first]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The EPA just released a report that highlights the health effects of global climate change. The report discusses how global climate change will dramatically effect the older populations.
According to the report, “the elderly are identified in many health assessments as more vulnerable than younger age groups to a range of health outcomes associated with climate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Us Make Sure Long-term Care Makes the Party Platforms</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/help-us-make-sure-long-term-care-makes-the-party-platforms/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/help-us-make-sure-long-term-care-makes-the-party-platforms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Mashburn</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[financing long term care]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Democrat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[presidential election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the next two weeks, the Democratic and Republican parties will be forming their platforms. It’s essential that long-term care financing reform is included in their platforms. That’s why we need your help.
AAHSA recently developed platform statements to share with both parties on the Long-Term Care Solution. Please share you own versions of the following [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House subcommittee approves Nursing Home Arbitration Act</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/house-committee-approves-nursing-home-arbitration-act/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/house-committee-approves-nursing-home-arbitration-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Collins-Young</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act (H.R.6126) was approved with a 5-to-4 vote by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial Law and Administrative Law. The bill would invalidate pre-dispute arbitration agreements between a long-term care facility and a resident or client.
“Long-term care advocates oppose the legislation, arguing that arbitration agreements allow them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>75 is the Magic Number</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/75-is-the-magic-number/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/75-is-the-magic-number/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Mashburn</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[financing long term care]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[storytelling]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[caregiving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For our Long-term Care Solution, that is.
 We want to show policy makers and the public that providers are helping individuals receive the care they need in their homes for $75 a day, which we believe a national insurance trust could offer individuals when they need LTC. The services can be accessed through Medicare, Medicaid (including state waiver programs) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Overrides Veto of Medicare Bill</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/congress-overrides-veto-of-medicare-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/congress-overrides-veto-of-medicare-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Collins-Young</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[physician payment cuts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President Bush]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[therapy caps]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Larry Minnix]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Congress today voted to override President Bush’s veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (H.R. 6331), legislation that would extend the Medicare therapy caps exceptions process for 18 months as well as place a moratorium on a 10.6 percent cut to Medicare’s physician payment rates.
The House approved the override with [...]]]></description>
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